Candelabrum



l. HARMATA.

CANDELABRUM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30. 1919.

1,331,709. I Pai-,mwa Fen-24,1920.

l wfg/amb f'ILKoviiAnMA'iApoii Boylan ALBERTA, CANADA.

, f 'cAiqiJELAinnivL Y Y To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ILKo HARMATA, a citizen of Poland, residing atBoyel, Province of Alberta, and Dominion of Canada, .have

invented certain new and useful Improve- Vments in Candelabra, of whichthe following is a specification. Y

This invention has for its principal ob- `ject the provisionrof meansfor supporting .candles iiiavvertical positionirrespective of Avaryingdiameters of the candles.

Arfurtlier object is to-provide a candela.-`v

brum of ncveldesign and `constructioncapable of -v engaging 'with candlediameters varying considerable in their size and sup- ,K porting thesaine in a lirm and practical These objects are yattained 'by the novel.

construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and. shownin the accom-.-

panying drawings, forming `a -material part of this disclosure, and inwhich--` Figure 1 is a side elevational view show-4 ing a candelabrummade in accordance with theV invention, parts being broken away inorderto disclose the interior construction,

and Y Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same parts also being broken awaylin order, to disclose l numeral 10 designates the baseof a standV theinterior. Y

Referring to the drawings in detail, the

having three ornamental supports 11,;here shown to simulate the clawslof an animal, the tripod base being connected by screws or Vrivets 12,with a circular plate 13, having a downturned marginal flange 14..

Supported by the flange 14 is a cylindrical casing 15, havingengaged atits upper edge a ring` 16, having a Z shaped crosssection, having fixedat its upper edge a flat washer-like plate 18, the same having -acentral opening 19 of considerablev magnitude. v n

Secured in the cylindrical casing 15, iin-k iiiedi'atelyabovetheplate'l, is a filler 20,y

having a convex upper surface, while secured centrally in the casing15is another filler element 21, formed with double con,

Vex surfaces and containing an opening 22, substantially uniformwitlithe opening 19,

and a third filler plate' 23 extends across the upper end of thecylinder, the same having an opening 24. Y

`A plurality of conically wound, helical expansion springs 25 aresecured within the lPatented Felice, 192e.

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cylinder,` their smaller inner end projecting radially towardthefcenter, while the bases of the springs make contact with theinterior of the `cylinder in the manner indicated. v Pivoted by pins 26in the horizontally disposed annular space of the ring 16 to the fiat lsurface thereof, are a plurality of plates 27,

having convexly curved edges 28, andf straight backs 29, the inner edgesbeing adapted to make contact with the candle 30 and are normally drawnthereagainst by helically coiled springs 31, one end of which is engagedby the plate and the other to the Lraised upper flanged portion of thering 16,

the springs holding the pivoted plates in engagementrwith thecandle soasto maintain itcentral of tion.

.In operation, the several pivoted plates 27 are moved outwardly kin anyconvenient manner and the candle inserted so that it,v

comes in contact with the inner kend of the coiled springs 25, pressingthe candle toward the center whereupon the plates 27 are released, thesame swinging outward under they washer plate 18, making' contact thecasing in a rigid posil with the surface of the candle holding it l,against slipping or side movement in a manner which will be clearlyapparent.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new yand desire tosecure by Let- 4 ters Patent, is-- Y 1. In a candelabrmn, thecombination with a tripod base, a cvlindrical casing `mounted thereon, aplurality of spring elements engaged in said casing their inner endsextending radially adapted to make contact with an entered articlewhereby lit may be held in a verticalposition therewithin and washersinterposed between rows of said springs.

2.111` a candelabrum, the combination -with a tripod base, a cylindricalcasing :mounted rigidly thereon, a plurality of `conically wound spiral.springssecured in said casing, their smaller ends extendingtoward rthecenter, spacefelements secured in saidV casing having' openingsfthroughthe center,

aicover secured over said casing, said cover having an openingthroughwhich 'a candle ico may pass` and a plurality of spring impelled oplates adapted to engagewith the exterior ofthe candle forminga yieldingsupport.

3. `A candelabrum comprising a base, a

hollow cvlindrical casing` mounted thereon, acover for said casing, saidcoverhaving a 2 p Y n 1,331,709V

central opening,'a plurality of spacer elepivoted` below said ooverplat@` springs ments secured to said erasing, said spacer ele-J adaptedto draw saidV arcuate plates in 10 ments having openings correspondingtoY wardlyvforininga partialv cover below thev the openings in the coverplate, a plurality" main cover and adapted to support a candle Y ofconieally wound springs arranged in when position therebetween.

upper and lower rows securedv to the Walls In testimony whereof I have rn of said easing extending radially therein, aV signature.

plurality of plates having arcuate faces

